"Timesnatching isn't exactly rocket science," said the Commander. Jack looked up and frowned. "It is where I come from." Jack Flint, Annabelle Dibble, and Nicolas Wycliffe are flung twenty years into the future where time coins and bohrium bracelets can mean the difference between life and death. Thrown together in a dystopian New York City, the American farm boy, English school girl and teen scientist will have to quickly unite and join the Coalition of Liberty. Annie's quiet life along Wigan's Pier is behind her and she is now faced with trusting the daring young American and the geek kid who can almost invent something from nothing. The boys will either save them all from this strange turn of events or they'll plunge them even deeper into a frightening world of oppressive dictators, rebel forces and teenagers who are kidnapped for their future talents.